Cost of treating heart failure in an Irish teaching hospital

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-244

  McGowan, B ^a   Heerey, A ^a   Ryan, M ^a   Barry, M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HEPARIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROXINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WARD;

EID: 0034451967     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173523     Document Type: Article

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